Local Arts

These four authors, (from left) Janice Williams, Jan Degrass, Heather Conn and Bernadette Calonego, read from their own work and provided some frankly sensual reminiscences at an event they called Love in a Foreign Land.

Born and raised on the Coast, poet and novelist Joe Denham returns to read and talk about his work.

• Mardi Gras is famously celebrated in much of the Western world and in both hemispheres, from Rio de Janeiro to New Orleans – and yes, to the Sunshine Coast. Masks and feathery headgear are customary, along with a let-it-rip attitude.

Staff, volunteers and board members of Sunshine Coast arts and culture organizations will get a chance to learn new tips, brush up their skills and do some networking at a community cultural forum to be held in Sechelt on Friday, March 1.

Dance is about creation, passion and artistic self-expression. Chantelle Norris has built her career on this platform. Her Shoreline Dance Academy in Powell River is yet another step in creating a life she loves in her chosen discipline.

The three artists exhibiting at the new show, ?What Matters!, at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery (from left): Aurelia Bizouard, Catherine Tableau and Chantal Cardinal, use creative techniques not often seen on display.

Four women writers, Bernadette Calonego, Heather Conn, Jan DeGrass and Janice Williams – and maybe you, too – will tell their stories at Gibsons Public Art Gallery on Saturday, Feb. 23 about finding love in a foreign land.

The Sunshine Coast has lost one of its most widely read and highly respected authors with the death of Edith Iglauer on Feb. 12.

Two young Sunshine Coast ballet dancers have been accepted to summer programs at the prestigious Joffrey Ballet School in New York City – but both ballerinas have decided instead to take up other training opportunities closer to home.

The Sunshine Coast Film Society (SCFS) is pleased to announce it is underwriting the costs of a Gibsons student to attend this year’s Adventures in Film Youth Camp, part of the Powell River Film Festival, March 7 to 10.